Một phép ẩn dụ mới cần được phát triển cho trung kết hợp các khía cạnh của nhà hát nhưng cũng đã lợi dụng các tính năng đặc biệt mà đã có sẵn. Hướng dẫn này có thể giúp bạn, người giảng viên, quá trình chuyển đổi từ các thực hành truyền thống của việc cung cấp đào tạo lớp học. | 34 THE SYNCHRONOUS TRAINER S SURVIVAL GUIDE If you are delivering training from your home you have a different set of issues. I have learned to hang a sign on my front door telling people that even though I am obviously at home I am not going to answer the door no matter how many times they knock If you have family at home make sure children are fed and occupied. You will not be able to help them during the class. A nearby restroom. Your breaks will only be about ten minutes long-and you can t be late coming back. A high-speed Internet connection. High-speed generally means faster than dial-up modems. The faster the connection with the Internet the better the experience will be for everyone because audio and visuals will transmit quickly. When slower connections are used there may be noticeable lags in the time it takes data audio or video to go back and forth between the trainer and participants. Note that most synchronous platforms work quite well at dial-up connection speeds they just work BETTER at higher connection speeds. A telephone. You ll need to be able to contact missing participants technical support and your producer. If you are using a dial-up modem for your connection you will want two phone lines. It is fine to depend on a mobile phone for this just make sure you have a strong phone signal and that the phone will not run out of battery power during the event. You should probably keep it plugged in. Number for live technical support. While technical support does not need to be on call or logged in for the entire event you need to know whom to call if the server goes down and stays down. Ensure that the technical support team knows the schedule of your classes. Many technical support organizations post email notices when they anticipate interruptions of service of any kind for example while they are upgrading FACILITATING IN THE SYNCHRONOUS CLASSROOM 35 computer hardware or software . Ask to be added to this distribution list so you know when it might
